Weird Wizarding World Chapter 329

  Chapter 329 Rules

  In the early morning of the 28th day of the 28th day of the Aramaic calendar.

  The howling cold wind that raged all night gradually subsided under the first ray of sunshine in the morning, but the white clouds seemed to have been torn to pieces last night, falling on the roofs of the houses and on the streets.

  Cause the sky to reveal its true face, blue and vast, like a distant and deep gem.

  The weather is cold, and the streets are still deserted than before.

  The war in the south is still going on, and some influences have gradually spread to the city of Neustadt in the far rear.

  Renee has talked about the price increase of ingredients several times recently.

  Concentrating his thoughts, in the reception room on the first floor, Colin put on a smile and continued to deal with the witch in front of him.

  The female wizard has smooth blond hair and a young face. According to her self-introduction, she is a first-level junior wizard from the Dominican family.

   "I already know the purpose of the Dominican family, but I still need to think carefully..."

   "It doesn't matter, Your Excellency Colin, just think about it." The witch smiled and pushed the door-to-door gift to Colin, her eyes soft, "The Dominican family promises that as long as you are willing to join the family, all treatment can continue to be discussed."

  The witch is wearing a white skirt with a loose collar, and the gray coat and fur scarf have been taken off and put aside after entering the room.

  At this moment, as she leaned over slightly, the white mountain was exposed, and the silver necklace swayed in the deep valley, a little dazzling.

   "I understand." Colin nodded, and took the gift box without looking sideways.

   "Then I won't bother you any more, the Dominican family is waiting for the good news."

  The female wizard didn't feel frustrated, she straightened up with a smile, and said goodbye neatly.

   Watching the sorceress leave, Colin pressed his brows, and didn't bother to check what the Dominican family's worship was.

   Just like the worship of the two groups earlier, hand it over to Renee and put it aside.

  He silently picked up the white paper on the oak coffee table in front of him and looked at it carefully.

   After a while, Colin shook his head and threw it aside.

  The benefits given by these pure-blood families are different except for the basic magic stone knowledge, but the requirements are surprisingly similar.

  At least a 100-year-old contract, and even a 200-year contract...Although a 100-year lifespan is not too much for an official wizard's average lifespan of 300 years.

   But he is only twenty this year!

   Then there is the requirement to spread branches and leaves. Marrying one wife is a basic operation. The last Vilonka family even required that more than three wives be married.

  Although free love is encouraged, it will not be arranged forcibly, and the family is only acting as a bridge.

   And the time can also be extended to fifty years, or even seventy or eighty years later.

  But this is really not what he wants.

   What's more, even though that's what I said, but when the time comes to join a pure-blood family, who will know if I will not be free if the sheep enters the wolf's den?

  Colin sighed slightly, leaned back, and let himself sink into the soft sofa.

  In fact, it's okay to spread the branches and leaves, and you don't have to worry about raising children. The most difficult thing to accept is the long contract time.

   Serve the family for at least a hundred years.

  I have gone all the way from a junior apprentice to the present, and it will only take two or three years to advance to the second level...

   tuk tuk tuk—

   "Master, members of Roderick's faction came to visit."

   Renee's voice came from outside the door, Colin exhaled lightly, and sat up straight.

   "Let him in."

   Not long after, the door of the reception room was gently pushed open, and a mild-looking middle-aged wizard walked in. He looked about in his thirties, wearing a black coat and a black wide-brimmed hat.

  'Finally not a witch. '

  Colin was inexplicably relieved. Those pure-blooded families had learned some news, but all of them were pretty young first-order female wizards.

  Regardless of their real age, they all look like girls who are at most seventeen or eighteen years old...

   "Good day, Your Excellency Colin." The middle-aged wizard took off his hat and greeted. "I am Odis from the Roderick faction. On behalf of the faction, I come to congratulate you on obtaining the golden feather nameplate."

The factions in the   school are divided into two categories, one is the pure-blood family, and the other is a faction built around one or more mixed-blood high-level wizards like the Roderick faction.

   Most of the members in it are half-blood wizards, and their strength is obviously weaker than most pure-blood families.

  So in the end, the benefits given by the middle-aged wizard are obviously one grade lower than the first three pure-blood families.

   At the same time, the corresponding obligations are also reduced, and the minimum contract period can be seventy years.

   Unfortunately... seventy years is still too much.

   After seeing off the middle-aged wizard, Colin gradually made a decision in his mind.

   These so-called factions, whether they are pure-blood families or mixed-blood factions, are not a good place for him.

  The disadvantages are always greater than the advantages, and they are far greater...so why tie your own hands and feet, let alone add them.

  Anyway, with the golden paper, he believes that even if he is alone, he can still make a way!

   But having said that, for the next half day, Colin stayed at home and continued to receive the guests who heard the news.

  Without him, don't miss the congratulatory gift at your door.

   Just like that, from early morning to afternoon, more than thirty wizards came here!

  There seems to be a discussion between them. It is rare for them to come to the door at the same time.

  After the whole day, Colin's **** hardly left the sofa in the reception room.

  It finally has an intuitive understanding of the complex power relationship of the Xisheng School.

   You must know that some of the more than 30 wizards are from the same faction, but the people behind them are different.

   "Thank you for the congratulations from the Osmond family, I will seriously consider it."

  Get up to send away the slim female wizard of the Osmond family. The sunset is approaching outside, and the orange sunset is slanting to the west, and it should not be long before sinking below the horizon.

  Colin couldn't help rubbing his face.

  After a day of smirking, it seems that there are more wrinkles on the face.

  If it wasn't for the lack of magic stones recently...

   Shaking his head, Colin turned around and was about to go to the study to count the gifts he received today, but Renee told him that there was another visitor outside the door.

  —Visitor of the House of Sidos.

   "Let her in." Colin struggled for a moment, but couldn't resist the temptation of the gift after all, and sat back on the sofa again.

   Not long after, the door of the reception room was pushed open, and Colin raised his eyebrows slightly.

  The Hidos family came this time not the gentle mature sorceress from last time, but a young sorceress with a golden ponytail and a broad mind.

  The female wizard has a beautiful appearance, and her waist, which is already full of grip, looks even more slender against the backdrop of her broad chest.

  However, with the temptations of the beauty of the pure-blood family today, Colin, who was originally ascetic, didn't even have the interest to take a second look at this time. He just wanted to end it quickly and accept the gift.

   As usual, it was greetings. Although he was exhausted, his skills on the surface were still impeccable.

   After a while, the female wizard took the lead to get to the point.

   "Your Excellency Kelin, the family asked me to come here this time. Apart from congratulating you for officially obtaining the golden feather nameplate, I also want to ask you how you think about the invitation from the family last time?"

  The female wizard's smile was sweet and her heart was touching, but Colin didn't have the heart to appreciate it. After pondering in his heart for a moment, he thought about it and said:

   "The conditions offered by the Hidos family are indeed very moving, and can even be said to be the most generous among the factions that are looking for me." Colin's tone was sincere, and then he shook his head as soon as the conversation turned.

   "But I am used to being free since I was a child, and I don't plan to join a faction. I just plan to stay in the school safely and slowly practice."

  The female wizard's smile froze for a moment, and then she asked in confusion: "Your Excellency Colin, you mean that you don't plan to join any faction?"

  The female wizard was a little disbelieving. Thinking of the previous conflict between the wizard and the family, she wondered if this was Colin's excuse.

   "Yes." Colin nodded, seeing her doubts and added: "It's not because of the previous conflict that I didn't choose to join the Hidos family, but I really don't like being bound."

  This sentence is half true and half false. After the Sidos family severely punished those wizards, most of his grievances did disappear.

   But if he had to join a faction, he would never consider joining the Hidos family.

  His heart is not so broad.

  The sea of ​​flowers transformed by senior Marjorie is still blooming by the window of the tutor's study.

  Although the mentor who participated in the siege and the group of black castle supervisors were punished as they should be.

  But in the dark, he felt that behind Axi, there might be another participant.

  According to what I learned later—Axi's unpopular situation among the Sidos family, there is a high probability that there is no way to persuade a powerful manager of the management school witch array to assist him in besieging Atbold.

  This conjecture has been in his mind long before, but Colin knows that it is not easy for the Sidos family to make such a concession.

   And even if it is said, it is more likely because there is no evidence, and it will not be resolved in the end.

  The surprised sorceress reconfirmed several times before leaving in shock. Her footsteps were a little hurried, and she probably planned to go back and report the matter as soon as possible.

  Colin stood in front of the window facing the courtyard, watching the witch swaying and disappearing, then turned to look at the sky.

  The orange sunset has sunk most of the way, and the black and blue night descends at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  Colin's brows and eyes were faintly worried, but it was only temporary, and it disappeared soon, and calm was restored.

  Refused to join the faction, this is an inevitable choice, he will not regret it.

   After all, the decades-long work contract is really unacceptable. If he signs it in a feverish manner, he will regret it even more.

  Schools do not have such precedents. Although there are not many wizards who have not joined the faction, they always exist.

  In the Xisheng School, the mentors of the apprentices are usually first-level wizards, so once they advance to a formal wizard, they will no longer stay under the original mentor's name.

   At this time, there are generally two options.

  The first is to stay in the original faction. If you are lucky, you may be accepted as a student by a senior wizard in the faction.

  The second is to voluntarily choose to leave the faction and become an independent wizard in the school. There are no other constraints except the school's annual mandatory tasks and some compulsory recruitment.

  The disadvantage is that basically all resources have to be earned by themselves.

  'But freedom is more precious. '

  The night fell completely, Colin smiled, turned and went back to the house to count the congratulatory gifts received today.

   Deep in the Xisheng school of thought.

  In the area belonging to the Hidos family, in a study.

   "You mean this new golden feather genius is not willing to join any faction?" Behind the desk, the tall middle-aged man asked calmly.

   "Yes." The witch nodded.

   "Are you sure it's not an excuse? That guy Aki had a conflict with him before."

   "Probably not, Colin deliberately emphasized that he doesn't care anymore." The witch considered it.

   "Is that so..." The middle-aged man responded incomprehensibly, and then laughed: "It's not so easy to let go of hatred."

  The female wizard's complexion changed slightly, but she heard the middle-aged man continue:

   "But it doesn't matter, just a first-order golden feather genius who hasn't grown up.

   Waiting for him to advance to the second level, he doesn't know how many years it will take, let alone cross the threshold of the third level, don't even think about decades! "

  The female wizard nodded in agreement, but felt a little regretful.

  Colin is just as Sister Shaman said, she is really handsome, if she doesn't have sharp ears, she would have wondered if Colin is a hidden high elf.

  That being said, in fact, she even felt that Colin was more pleasing to the eye than those high elves, less slender and more masculine.

  So handsome, and a genius with golden feathers... It really makes people's hearts flutter, even if the family won't let her own it, she is willing.

   It's a pity that he is indifferent to his own hints, and he doesn't plan to join any faction. It seems that he has no chance.

   "Yulia, you continue to keep in touch with Colin, but don't do it so fast and the frequency is not too high. Deal with it like making friends."

  The middle-aged man suddenly said again, he stood up slowly, looked out the window, his eyes were long and deep:

   "Sooner or later, this golden feather genius will understand that only by joining a faction can he not need to worry about resources and be freed from complicated trivial matters, so that he can live up to the talent bestowed by God!"

   "Of course, when the time comes, the family provides him with the conditions to concentrate on his cultivation, and he should also serve the family in return. These are also more meaningful things."

   "It's a win-win option, he'll understand..."

"Yes."

   Yulia nodded in agreement, not feeling the slightest problem with the middle-aged man's words.

   But this actually depends on the actual situation.

   For some wizards who have difficulty obtaining resources by themselves, or who occupy most of their energy in obtaining resources, this is indeed a win-win situation.

   But for most Jin Yu geniuses, this is actually a disadvantage.

   After all, being in a school, it is not without channels. It is not that difficult to obtain resources. Take the second-order meditation method that Colin wanted to obtain before.

  As long as he insists on doing school missions, he will be able to collect points in at most two or three years, and it will be even faster by redeeming them with witchcraft.

  Compared with the contract duration of a pure-blood family that can be hundreds of years, the gap is obviously like a gap.

  Of course, the second-tier meditation room is only a part of the resources, but the pure-blood family can only provide free support up to the third-tier at most, and after that, even the golden feather genius has to follow the rules to divide the resources by contribution.

   It is impossible to get something for nothing all the time. These gifts have long been secretly priced.

  After Yulia left, the middle-aged man pondered for a moment, then walked out.

  He is going to ask the family he is acquainted with, whether this golden feather genius has also rejected their olive branch.

  If so, then you have to deal with it according to the rules...

  (end of this chapter)

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